House Proceeding on Jan 14th, 2009 :: 1:54:30 to 2:14:30
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Speech By: Lee Terry

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Lee Terry: shut down construction on it and not accept medicare patients, but the fact that the community this is being built in is a town that is incorporatedithin the omaha area and has an air force base on it.

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Anna G. Eshoo: there are no other medical facilities in this general area. this will be it. and we will be shutting this down. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: i yield one minute to the gentlewoman from california, ms. eshoo. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute.

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Speech By: Anna G. Eshoo

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Anna G. Eshoo: ms. eshoo: i thank the chairman of our subcommittee, mr. pallone, to mr. dingell, to mr. waxman and everyone that's been involved in shaping this legislation. senator hubert humphrey was fond of saying that a society is measured of how it treats those in the autumn of their lives and

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Anna G. Eshoo: how it treats those in the spring of their lives. today we rise to honor the young in our country with legislation that will provide for them, what is one of the great necessities of life, and that is health care. we will not have healthy adults in our country unless we have healthy children.

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Anna G. Eshoo: today, we put down a magnificent down payment to ensure health care for 11 million children in our country. this is a smartly drafted bill. why? because it is responsible because it is paid for. over 90% of the providers are private sector.

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Anna G. Eshoo: so i think today is not only a profound moment in the congress, but a sacred one and i look

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Steve Buyer: forward to its passage and what it will do to strengthen our country and insure our country's children. mr. blunt: i yield one minute to the the gentleman from indiana, mr. buyer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute.

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Speech By: Steve Buyer

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Steve Buyer: mr. buyer: a lot of my colleagues voted against the balanced budget of 1997 actually voted against e schip program. you are now accusing republicans when we passed this bipartisan bill. please don't do that. i'm not going to say you were against children because you voted against the balanced

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Steve Buyer: budget act. so let's be accurate. one thing that does concern me right now when you look at the number of adults that are on the schip program every time an adult is in that program, over 700,000 of them, it costs more money. what we should be doing is saying, schip is a good program. republicans created the schip

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Steve Buyer: program when we worked with bill clinton and said we were going to take care of those children. the states got overeager and excited and expanded the eligibility. now as the economy turns down, now we have president-elect obama -- additional 30 seconds. now we have in the stimulus plan

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Steve Buyer: to say, gee, let's go to the federal government. we don't want to change our program. let's ask 00 billion. so we are going to stimulate the past and exascerbate the problem here on the house floor? let's think about what we're doing and let's cover children.

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Steve Buyer: you are about to cover 700,000 adults. by 2013 we could have more in the program.

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Suzanne Kosmas: for every adult in this program we are taking more money that could actually cover children. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. stark: i'm delighted to yield one minute to the distinguished congresswoman from

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Speech By: Suzanne Kosmas

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Suzanne Kosmas: florida. ms. kosmas: thank you, mr. chairman and thank you madam speaker. i'm pleased to rise my fir time on the floor of the house to speak in favor of the state children's re-authorization bill. this bill is an opportunity for working families in my district to provide health care to their children.

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Suzanne Kosmas: it's an opportunity for parents to provide health care, working families, to provide health care for their children. in these tough economic times we have more and more families which are unemployed or underemployed and this gives them an opportunity to give their children the health care they need and deserve. with many of them providing

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Suzanne Kosmas: health care to their children through emergency rooms as opposed to having this access to quality care, we are losing both an efficiency factor and economic factor. i rise again as i say to speak in favor of th bill. providing health care to children is not ju the right

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Dan Burton: thing to do, but this is an economic investment that we're making in the future of those who will carry us forward into the next generation. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired the gentleman from missouri. mr. blunt: i yield one minute to the the gentleman from indiana, mrburton. the spear pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute.

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Speech By: Dan Burton

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Dan Burton: mr. burton: i don't want to discuss things that have already been discussed, but things that concern me is things like this will be a magnet for more illegal aliens because they will get coverage under this bill. it's going to cost 4 billion more than the baseline and involve a tax increase. you know, one of the things that concerns me about what we're

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Dan Burton: doing is we passed a bailout bill for 00 billion and pass another bill here, supplemental, going to be .2 trillion and 4 billion for the auto industry. and this will cost 4 billion. where is this money coming from? i wish my colleagues would think about the kids in the future as

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Dan Burton: well as about today because the inflation they are going to face is going to be huge. you have to print this money. it's got to come from someplace. and the kids will have to pay

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Mark Green: through the nose for the things we are doing today. we don't have the money to do all these things. that will lead to hyper inflation down the road and severe economic problems. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: i yield one minute to the the gentleman fm texas, mr. green. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute.

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Speech By: Mark Green

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Mark Green: . mr. green: i rise in support of this act. during the 111th congress we made two attempts to re-authorize the schip program. unfortunately both these bills were vetoed by the president. with six million american children currently eligible for schip yet unenrolled, the passage of this bill is overdue.

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Mark Green: it re-authorizes schip through 2013, extends schip coverage to seven million children already enrolled, but the schip progr covers four million more children. 11 million children will be covered under schip when we pass this bill. the bill includes a provision that i'm proud that's in there, h.r. 465, immigrant children's health improvement act, which gives states the option to cover

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Mark Green: children and pregnant women of lawfully residing children in our country. these are not illegal immigrants. they are children who go to school, go to daycare with our children, our grandchildren. those children ought to have

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Tom Latham: health care. madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent for the remainder of my statemt to be in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman from missouri. mr. blunt: madam speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from iowa, mr. latham. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from iowa is recognized for one min. mr. latham: i thank the gentleman. madam speaker, there is no question the state children's health insurance program needs to be re-authorized and provided

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Speech By: Tom Latham

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Tom Latham: with the funds necessary to maintain current coverage and enroll currently eligible low-income children. in the past i have supported bipartisan legislation that presented the input of both parties to re-authorize the schip program. h.r. 976, h.r. 3963 including the legislation that was vetoed by president bush.

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Tom Latham: however can i not support this partisan legislation before us today because democrats have radically departed from the bipartisan agreement that had been reached. first they have removed the provision that would have kept eligibility for schip for families making over 300% of the federal poverty line. roughly 63 -- 3,000 per family of four.

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Tom Latham: allowing unlimited expansion of the program in the future. furthermore, there are no requirements that a certain level of coverage for low-income children be met before expanding eligibility to higher income groups. second, they have rescind add requirement in current law that noncitizens who are here must legally wait five years to become eligible for the schip

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Chris Van Hollen: program. i ask that the remnder of my statement be entered into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman from california, mr. stark. mr. stark: madam speaker, i'd like to at this time yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from maryland, mr. van hollen. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for one minute. mr. van hollen: i thank my colleague.

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Speech By: Chris Van Hollen

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Speech By: Chris Van Hollen

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Chris Van Hollen: madam speaker, this is aoment of important substance and important symbolism. the substance and merits of this bill are clear. we are going to preserve health coverage for seven million american children and expand it to another four million children from working families who earn too much to qualify for medicaid but do not earn enough to

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Chris Van Hollen: able to afford the very high costs of private health insurance. taking this bill up right now also sends a very important signal that change has come to washington, d.c., as a result of the last election. president bush twice vetoed this

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Chris Van Hollen: able to afford the very high costs of private health insurance. taking this bill up right now also sends a very important signal that change has come to washington, d.c., as a result of the last election. president bush twice vetoed this legislation on children's health. we will soon have a new president, president barack

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legislation on children's health. we will soon have a new president, president barack obama, who one of his first acts as president will sign this legislation. a president who understands the hardships american families are struggling under at a time when more than two million americans have lost their jobs in just two months. the difference could not be clearer.

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Chris Van Hollen: obama, who one of his first acts as president will sign this legislation. a president who understands the hardships american families are struggling under at a time when more than two million americans have lost their jobs in just two months. the difference could not be clearer. mighty veto pen to say no, to

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mighty veto pen to say no, to veto and protect the status quo. the new president will use that pen to say yes to change the status quo and provide health care to four million new american children as we continue to protect seven million american children. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. van hollen: that's change we can believe in. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri. mr. blunt: could i ask how much

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Chris Van Hollen: veto and protect the status quo. the new president will use that pen to say yes to change the status quo and provide health care to four million new american children as we continue to protect seven million american children. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. van hollen: that's change we can believe in. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri. mr. blunt: could i ask how much time remains on each side? the speaker pro tempore: the

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time remains on each side? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 90 seconds remaining. mr. herger from california has 15 minutes remaining. the gentleman from new jersey has 8 3/4 minutes remaining. the gentleman from california, mr. stark, has nine minutes remaining. mr. blunt: i'll reserve my 90 seconds and yield the 15 minutes to mr. herger from the ways and

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Chris Van Hollen: gentleman has 90 seconds remaining. mr. herger from california has 15 minutes remaining. the gentleman from new jersey has 8 3/4 minutes remaining. the gentleman from california, mr. stark, has nine minutes

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Wally Herger: remaining. mr. blunt: i'll reserve my 90 seconds and yield the 15 minutes to mr. herger from the ways and means committee. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, mr. herger is recognized. the gentleman from california, mr. herger. mr. herger: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized.

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Wally Herger: means committee. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, mr. herger is recognized. the gentleman from california, mr. herger. mr. herger: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. herger: madam speaker, i rise in support of schip and believe its re-authorization is critical to millions of children.

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Speech By: Wally Herger

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Wally Herger: mr. herger: madam speaker, i rise in support of schip and believe its re-authorization is critical to millions of children. but i'm opposed to the bill before us today. this make private health coverage more affordable. by expanding a program that severely underpays doctors in my

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Wally Herger: but i'm opposed to the bill before us today. this make private health coverage more affordable. by expanding a program that severely underpays doctors in my state of california, it may result in higher cost for private coverage. and assuming that the increased

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Wally Herger: state of california, it may result in higher cost for private coverage. and assuming that the increased tobacco tax achieves the goal of discouraging smoking, it commits an irrational policy of financing a growing program through a declining revenue source. in addition, this new version

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Wally Herger: tobacco tax achieves the goal of discouraging smoking, it commits an irrational policy of financing a growing program through a declining revenue source. in addition, this new version would effectively shut down physician-owned hospitals currently under construction,

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Wally Herger: would effectively shut down physician-owned hospitals currently under construction, including a 0 million project in my distrt in yubea, sit -- yuba city, california, scheduled to open in a couple months. this will be a severe blow to a small county that's long had one of the highest unemployment

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Wally Herger: including a 0 million project in my distrt in yubea, sit -- yuba city, california, scheduled to open in a couple months. this will be a severe blow to a small county that's long had one of the highest unemployment rates in california. madam speaker, in the middle of the worst economic downturn in

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Wally Herger: rates in california. madam speaker, in the middle of the worst economic downturn in decades, this provision would destroy jobs in yuba city and in dozens of other cities across america. i urge all of my colleagues to ask themselves, do you believe that a corporate board halfway

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Wally Herger: decades, this provision would destroy jobs in yuba city and in dozens of other cities across america. i urge all of my colleagues to ask themselves, do you believe that a corporate board halfway across the country would do a better job of holding down costs and ensuring high quality care

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Wally Herger: across the country would do a better job of holding down costs and ensuring high quality care than a team of local doctors? and if so, are you certain enough that you're willing to deny your constituents the opportunity to make thathoice? i urge rejection of this

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Wally Herger: than a team of local doctors? and if so, are you certain enough that you're willing to deny your constituents the opportunity to make thathoice? i urge rejection of this

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John Barrow: misguided provision and a no vote. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california, mr. herger, reserves his time. the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone. mr. pallone: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to yield to the gentlewoman from new york for the purpose of revise and extending her remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. maloney: i rise in strong support of this bill and ask

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Speech By: John Barrow

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John Barrow: unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: i yield one minute to the gentleman fro georgia, mr. barrow. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. mr. barrow: i'm proud to be up here today to support h.r. 2, the children's health insurance program re-authorization act of 2009. it's been a long time coming. i'm glad we are considering 24

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John Barrow: bill -- this bill on the floor so early in this congress when we spent most of the last two years trying to enact it. i thin that says something very positive about the commitment of this new congress and of our new president to improving health care for all americans. h.r. 2 will allow us to enroll four million more kids in programs like georgia's peach care who are just as eligible as

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John Barrow: the seven million kids who are already enrolled. it's not a free lunch. parents will still have to pay what they can afford to pay. but their kids will be able to go to the doctor where they get good preventive care at the lowest cost and keep them out of the emergency room where they get the least effective care at the greatest possible cost to ?? the taxpayer. that's more health care, better outcomes, at a less cost.

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John Barrow: it's not only the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do. that's why i'm proud to be a

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Sam Johnson: co-sponsor of this legislation and why i urge all of my colleagues to support it. i yield back the balance of my time. gentleman from california, mr. herger. mr. herger: madam speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. johnson, a member of the health subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, mr. johnson, is recognized for two minutes. mr. johnson: thank you. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks.

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Speech By: Sam Johnson

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Sam Johnson: the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. johnson: madam speaker, i rise today in strong opposition to a provision in this bill that would have drastic consequences for hospitals in my district and hospitals around the nation. everyone in this chamber can agree that health care in this

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Sam Johnson: country needs transformation. america's always been a leader when it comes to medical research, training the best, brightest, and providing superior care. we need to make sure that tradition continues. physicians across the country have decided they can provide better health care to more people by engaging in the process. some doctors have decided to play a role in the care

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Sam Johnson: delivered in the hospitals and their cmunity. and studies show that this has resulted in higher quality care and higher patient sheafings. -- satisfaction. physician-owned hospitals employ highly skilled workers. they are an engine in the local economy and language in this bill will devastate most of them.

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Sam Johnson: i say most because a handful of hospitals located in special congressional districts will have rights that hospitals in my district and a majority of others will not. why do only a handful of members of congress receive the privilege of a carve out for their hospitals? many facilities have poured millions of dollars into constructing hospitals that will

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Sam Johnson: be forced to shut down because of this bill. the hospital -- baylor hospital in my district is in the process of adding additional operating rooms and hospital beds to serve the community needs. this local hospital won't be able to compete -- complete the project because of this bill. i ask my colleagues on both sides of the ale to work with

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Sam Johnson: me to see that all existing hospitals and those under development are treated the same in this legislation. no carve outs. no special privileges. it has to be all fair and all the same. physician-owned hospitals have driven over and over again they spur greater choe, offer higher quality care to patients,

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Shelley Berkley: these hospitals all deserve the right to continue to serve their community. that's the american way. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman fr mr. stark. mr stark: madam speaker, at this time i'm pleased to recognize the distinguished gelewoman from nevada, ms. berkley, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from nevada is recognized for one minute. ms. berkley: i thank the gentleman for yielding.

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Speech By: Shelley Berkley

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Shelley Berkley: i rise in support of this long due -- long overdue legislation. coming from a state with one of the highest percentages of uninsured children, it is essential to re-authorize schip to extend the program to cover more low-income, uninsured children. in 2007, more than 40,000 youngsters benefited from the nevada checkup program.

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Shelley Berkley: this bill will enable nevada to continue coverage for these children and to reach out to a portion of the 70,000 children currently eligible who remain uninsured. this bill also includes funding to improve outreach to eligible populations, increase funding and the focus on outreach and enrollment will help extend

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Shelley Berkley: coverage to thousands of additional nevada children and additional four million kids nationwide. i urge my colleagues to support this bill. i look forward to having a president in the white house

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Paul Ryan: that is anxious to sign it. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back her time. the gentleman from california, mr. herger. mr. herger: madam speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. ryan, a member of the health subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized for two minutes. mr ryan: thank you,@ madam speaker. madam speaker, today it's the beginning of a new congress, our

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Speech By: Paul Ryan

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Paul Ryan: new president hasn't even taken the oath of office, and we are throwing fiscal discipline out the door. this whole idea of pay-go is gone. it doesn't exist. it's a charade. let's look at what this bill actually does. this bill proposes to add all these new kids on the schip program and then in the out

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Paul Ryan: years, it shoves them off a cliff taking seven million children off of the schip program. they do this only to carve and jam this bill into compliance with pay-go. i received a letter from the c.b.o. just this morning that if this bill was actually carried through, if you didn't kick all of these children off of this program, it would cost 2 billion more.

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Paul Ryan: this bill is a 2 billion deficit hole in it. the spending increase in schip in this bill increases on average 23% a year. madam speaker, medicare is going bankrupt according to the trustees and that increases at 6.5% a year. we are depriving a bipartisan opportunity to extend the current schip program.

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Paul Ryan: which would have an enormous vote here if you brought a bipartisan bill to the table. that is not what is happening. budget gimmicks, fiscal irresponsibility, 2 billion deficit, and the creation of a brand new entitlement program. what's worse, we are committing our taxpayer dollars, which are so precious in this difficult